kalle

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Central Franconian

Etymology

From Middle High German kallen, from Old High German kallōn, northern variant of challōn, from Proto-West Germanic *kalʀōn, from Proto-Germanic *kalzōną. Compare Limburgish kalle, Dutch kallen, English call, Old Norse kalla.

Pronunciation

Verb

kalle (third-person singular present kallt or kalt, past tense kallte or kallet, past participle jekallt or jekald)

  1. (chiefly Ripuarian, including Kirchröadsj) to speak; to talk; to chat
    Mer kalle, wie us de Schnüss jewahßen es.
    We speak the way our mouths have grown (i.e. in our native dialect).
  2. (Kirchröadsj, obsolete) to call
  3. (Kirchröadsj, obsolete) to give a name to

Usage notes

  • The forms kallt, jekallt are Ripuarian; kalt, jekald are exclusively Kirchröadsj.
  • The present participle forms are restricted to Kirchröadsj.

Synonyms

  • moele (Kirchröadsj)
  • sprääche (now often preferred under standard German influence)

Derived terms

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɑlə/
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  • Hyphenation: kal‧le
  • Rhymes: -ɑlə

Etymology 1

From Yiddish כּלה (kale, “bride”), from Hebrew כַּלָּה (kalá, “bride”). A relation with the verb kallen (“to chatter”, compare etymology 2 hereunder), claimed in some popular-scientific resources, exists at most through secondary association. Compare German Kalle.

Noun

kalle f (plural kalles or kallen, diminutive kalletje n)

  1. (Bargoens, dated slang) girl; lover; whore

Etymology 2

Verb

kalle

  1. (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of kallen

Elfdalian

Noun

kalle

  1. indefinite dative singular of kall

Limburgish

Etymology

From Middle Dutch callen, from Old Dutch *kallon, from Proto-West Germanic *kalʀōn, from Proto-Germanic *kalzōną.

Pronunciation

Verb

kalle

  1. (widespread variant) to talk, to speak, to chat
  2. (widespread variant, obsolete) to call
  3. (widespread variant, obsolete) to give a name to

Conjugation

Montfortian conjugation of kalle (first conjugation)
non-finite forms infinitive gerund present participle past participle adjective adverb
(tö) kalle 't kalle n kallendj höbbe gekal gekaldje, gekaldjer, gekaldjes gekaldj, gekaldjelik
number & tense verb-second order verb-first order
present past subjunctive present past subjunctive
first person singular kal kaldje kalle kal kaldje-n kalle-n
second person singular kals kaldjes kalle kals kaldjes kaller
third person singular kaltj kaldje kalle kaltj'r kaldje kaller
first person plural kalle kaldje kalle kaltj kaldje kalle
second person plural kaltj kaldje kalle kaltj kaldje kalletj
third person plural kalle kaldje kalle kalle kaldje kaller
other forms noun imperative singular impolite imperative singular polite imperative dual imperative plural inclusive
't gekal n kal! kaltj! kaltj, kalletj! kaltj! kallem

Related terms

  • Kalle (“conversation”)

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse kalla.

Verb

kalle (imperative kall, present tense kaller, passive kalles, simple past kalte, past participle kalt, present participle kallende)

  1. to call, name (give a name to)
  2. to call, shout
  3. to call somebody / something (e.g. a dog)

Derived terms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

kalle (present tense kallar, past tense kalla, past participle kalla, passive infinitive kallast, present participle kallande, imperative kalle/kall)

  1. Alternative form of kalla

Swedish

Adjective

kalle

  1. definite natural masculine singular of kall

West Flemish

Etymology

Probably from Yiddish כּלה (kale, “bride”), from Hebrew כַּלָּה (kalá, “bride”), whence at any rate German Kalle and Dutch kalle, both “girl, lover, whore”.

Noun

kalle f

  1. despicable or disagreeable person, typically a woman
  2. stupid person

Synonyms

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